This directory contains both the datasets and code used to create
the tables, figures and other calculations for the article:

  Wand, Jonathan N.~A., Kenneth Shotts, Walter~R.~Mebane, Jasjeet~S.~Sekhon,
  Michael Herron, and Henry~E.~Brady (2001) ``The Butterfly Did It: The
  Aberrant Vote for Buchanan in Palm Beach County, Florida''  {\em
  American Political Science Review,}, 95(4):793--810.

** OVERVIEW:

1. The data and code are bundled into four separate groups (see below
for descriptions):

  national 
  precinct 
  ballot 
  absentee 

See Manifest.txt for a specific list of files contained within each bundle.

2. You can obtain either all files or data-only files:

a. Data only: For those who only want to obtain the datasets and
documentation.  The bundles are appended with the name 'data', e.g.,

  national.data.*
  precinct.data.*
  ballot.data.* 
  absentee.data.* 

b. All files: For those who want data and documentation PLUS R code
and output from analyses. The bundles are appended with the name 'all', e.g.,

  national.all.*
  precinct.all.*
  ballot.all.*
  absentee.all.*

3. You can download each bundle in two formats, tar/gzip (.tgz) or zip
(.zip) files.


** DESCRIPTIONS:

The sub-directories contain the following:

'national' (national level results):

  Table 1 (p799)  : 2000/PRODUCTION.JUNE27.Rout
  Figure 2 (p798) : 2000/PRODUCTION.BOX.ps
  Table B-1 (p808): 2000/PRODUCTION.JUNE27.Rout
  p.797 and fn15  : 2000small/a4int2.ps1000.wg200.R
  p.798           : FL1996/natplot.tanh6.partial.FL96.1000.R

'precincts' Palm Beach County precinct-level results:

  Table 2 (p801): see README file in 'precincts'

'absentee' (florida county-level results):

  Figure 3 (p800): abseday2.ps
  Text (pp800-01): abseday2.Rout

'ballot' (ballot-level results):

  Table 3 (p802)  : ea03.Rout
  Table 4 (p803)  : ea03.Rout

'Cplus'  (C++ source code for lqd estimator)

-- End of README --
